ViTAL (VanderbIlt Center for Tobacco, Addiction, and Lifestyle) is seeking a full-time, highly motivated, flexible, organized, and independent HPSA2 with tobacco treatment experience. Under the guidance and supervision of the Research Programs Manager and the Principal Investigator, the HPSA 2 will support federally funded comparative effectiveness and implementation research projects related to smoking cessation. The HPSA 2 will help e nsure the trials are conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice Guidelines, federal and sponsor regulations and guidelines. The candidate will utilize intermediate level research skills to perform a variety of research and operations-related activities including conducting and managing trial recruitment from screening to randomization to study completion. As part of screening potential patients for trials, the candidate will provide tobacco cessation counseling and medication recommendations to smokers in the hospital and clinics. The candidate will work in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team and have a strong understanding of evidenced based care/education, including critical review of evolving medical literature pertinent to tobacco treatment, including pharmacotherapy. This position requires maintaining awareness of and familiarity with the tobacco-specific EHR fields, data entry into databases, and timely documentation in the EHR. This individual should be familiar with medical terminology, demonstrate sound judgment, advanced professional communication skills and a commitment to ongoing scholarship and professional development. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in clinical research settings and will be a highly motivated, highly-dedicated, intellectually curious, proactive, and solutions-oriented team player. This is a full-time, grant funded position with the option to span multiple years.

* Provides protocolized research-related post-enrollment tasks such as tobacco cessation counseling and medication recommendations for study participants (bedside and/or over the phone) and serve as a tobacco treatment resource for physicians, staff, and families.

* Prepares and processes new IRB research proposals, amendments, continuing review applications and adverse events according to institutional and departmental policies and procedures and federal regulations

* Assist the senior coordinator in scheduling and executing meetings, including drafting and circulating agendas and meeting minutes

* Compile, prepare data, and draft materials for meetings, publication and research reports

* Help design, build, utilize, and maintain REDCap databases, excel data spreadsheets, and Access projects to store complex research and quality improvement data for the integration of data to support the refinement of study interventions for tobacco control.

* Work with large datasets with attention to detail and accuracy

* Assist in the presentation of research findings at meetings

* Perform critical review of evolving medical literature. This means proactively looking up the answers to clinical questions that arise during practice, and using trusted sources such as Pubmed.

* Contribute to an annual report highlighting the impact of the Tobacco Treatment Service. Report data to team members, contribute to manuscripts, and draft correspondence as needed.

* Conduct program needs assessments and analyze available data to inform decisions on development of treatment programs. Works with Director, Coordinator, data manager/programmer, and other team members to organize, interpret, and present clinical QI data related to tobacco control.

* Partner with related supportive organizations including the TN Department of Health Tobacco Control Division, the TN state quit line operator, the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC), TelASK (Interactive Voice Recognition vendor), other federal stop smoking campaigns (Smokefree.gov), etc.

* Work with all members of the ViTAL team in support of additional study-related activities

* Other duties as necessary.

Qualifications

1.Prefer a m inimum of three years of experience providing tobacco treatment counseling, other addiction counseling, or health coaching. Certification is highly preferred.

2.Experience working in a research setting required.

3. Must be able to interact efficiently and effectively with patients on a spectrum of illness acuity. This includes the high acuity of illness typical of tertiary care medical center inpatients, who tend to be very sick. Efficiency of medical record review and conduct of consults is required in order to meet counseling and recruitment goals of the study protocols.

4. Master's degree in psychology, public health/policy, social work, or broadly related field preferred.

5. Proficiency in word processing and database management skills is necessary. Familiarity with Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, Power Point, Endnote, and REDCap strongly preferred. Candidates who do not possess these skills must make a commitment to acquiring and honing them quickly.

6. Must demonstrate strong organizational and communication skills and ability to multi-task, follow processes and work independently but also be able to work well as part of a team.

7. Proactivity, independence, and taking ownership of one's work is a must for all aspects of the position.

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

* US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.

* Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.

* Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.

* The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.

* American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows

* National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement

* Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6 th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to Vanderbilt University Hospital, The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital. These hospitals experienced more than 61,000 inpatient admissions during fiscal year 2015. Vanderbilt’s adult and pediatric clinics treated nearly 2 million patients during this same period.Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are recognized again this year by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals as among the nation’s best with 18 nationally ranked specialties. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is world renowned because of the innovation, work ethic and collegiality of its employees. From our health care advances to our compassionate care, Vanderbilt owes its accomplishments and reputation to staff and faculty who bring skill and drive and innovation to the medical center day after day. World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.As th...e largest employer in middle Tennessee, we welcome those who are interested in ongoing development in a caring, culturally sensitive and professional atmosphere. Most of us spend so much of our lives at work, we want to be part of maintaining a workplace in which people support one another and encourage reaching for excellence. Many high-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt because of the professional growth they experience and because of their appreciation of Vanderbilt’s benefits, public events and discussions, athletic opportunities, beautiful setting and, above all, sense of community and purpose.Vanderbilt and its employees share a set of mutual expectations that have been created with productivity, legality, fairness and safety always in mind. We believe that our investment in training and compensating employees multiplies in value when we enable individuals to deliver their best performance for the benefit of us all.